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There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform, but what surprised me here is that longtime platforms like Snapchat, Reddit and ev

There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform, but what surprised me here is that longtime platforms like Snapchat, Reddit and even Pinterest get more MAUs than X - and this is more October 2025: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-net... It would be really interesting to learn if brands and advertisers are seeing the same thing?

paulbjensen 6mo ago
Why is this downvoted? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- nomel 6mo ago
  > There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform Since they didn't give the impressions for the other platforms, how can you make this conclusion?
- Levitz 6mo ago
  Because the data it presents is not believable
- unselect5917 6mo ago
  Because it's completely unfounded unhinged lunacy. Detailed why here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714636
cbmuser 6mo ago
I find it hard to believe that WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram have almost the exact same number of users. This seems to be skewed data.
- randallsquared 6mo ago
  Are they not the same users? They're all part of the same org, so it seems likely that accounts for the others are mirrored or auto-created or whatever.
  - y0eswddl 6mo ago
    plus meta cheats with all their dark patterns and UI manipulations
- y0eswddl 6mo ago
  Meta cheats. They're the king of dark patterns that bully ppl into at least signing up for services they don't actually want to use.
paulnpace 6mo ago
Reddit is on the first page or at the top for well over half of my searches. Sometimes I find myself in complete physical-memory typing -site:reddit.com.
unselect5917 6mo ago
>There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform, Absurd statement. Check the App Store's news app rankings: https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/charts/6009 https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/charts/6009 X/twitter is #1. reddit is #4, NYT is #11, Fox is #16, AP is #18, CNN is #21. That's not a dying platform as much as you clearly wish that were true. The question is why are you so hellbent on convincing people something that is clearly not dying; is dying? If X is dying, CNN, AP, Fox and NYT are stone cold corpses with reddit having its last gasp.
- paulbjensen 6mo ago
  Maybe declining might be a better choice of word than dying. Threads apparently overtook X for DAUs last year according to SimilarWeb.
  - nomel 6mo ago
    Threads surpassed X in DAU only for mobile, with a slow decline shown in X (see plot), with "dying" being a misleading word. For web, X has 18x more DAU than threads [1]. Total daily active users (all access methods) is overwhelmingly for X. I can't find the trend for web. Please post the link you found. Disclaimer: I use neither. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mobile-users-new-data-shows/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-dai...

paulbjensen 6mo ago

Why is this downvoted? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

nomel 6mo ago
> There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform Since they didn't give the impressions for the other platforms, how can you make this conclusion?
Levitz 6mo ago
Because the data it presents is not believable
unselect5917 6mo ago
Because it's completely unfounded unhinged lunacy. Detailed why here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714636

cbmuser 6mo ago

I find it hard to believe that WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram have almost the exact same number of users. This seems to be skewed data.

randallsquared 6mo ago
Are they not the same users? They're all part of the same org, so it seems likely that accounts for the others are mirrored or auto-created or whatever.
- y0eswddl 6mo ago
  plus meta cheats with all their dark patterns and UI manipulations
y0eswddl 6mo ago
Meta cheats. They're the king of dark patterns that bully ppl into at least signing up for services they don't actually want to use.

paulnpace 6mo ago

Reddit is on the first page or at the top for well over half of my searches. Sometimes I find myself in complete physical-memory typing -site:reddit.com.

unselect5917 6mo ago

>There does seem to be evidence that X (formerly Twitter) is a dying platform, Absurd statement. Check the App Store's news app rankings: https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/charts/6009 https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/charts/6009 X/twitter is #1. reddit is #4, NYT is #11, Fox is #16, AP is #18, CNN is #21. That's not a dying platform as much as you clearly wish that were true. The question is why are you so hellbent on convincing people something that is clearly not dying; is dying? If X is dying, CNN, AP, Fox and NYT are stone cold corpses with reddit having its last gasp.

paulbjensen 6mo ago
Maybe declining might be a better choice of word than dying. Threads apparently overtook X for DAUs last year according to SimilarWeb.
- nomel 6mo ago
  Threads surpassed X in DAU only for mobile, with a slow decline shown in X (see plot), with "dying" being a misleading word. For web, X has 18x more DAU than threads [1]. Total daily active users (all access methods) is overwhelmingly for X. I can't find the trend for web. Please post the link you found. Disclaimer: I use neither. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mobile-users-new-data-shows/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-dai...